... nail, it will usually compromise the nail bed as well as the Matrix where the nail plate cells are developed. Dropping something on your nail or slamming it in a cardoor comes under this as well. When the Matrix experiences trauma, it may temporarily stop producing new cells until is has healed. ... (1 replies)

... OH GOD! Big incident. Today my friend Mary shut my three fingies in her cardoor!!!! THANK GOD I was drunk and it doesnt hrut that bad...YET. there is a small mark on my middle finger. But im thinkgin ti's going to be ok. ... (1 replies)

... The damaged portion of your nail will not 'heal', but will grow forward as the new emerging nail plate cells push it forward off the nail bed. This can take from 3-6 months depending on your natural nail growth rate. Your sisters nail will do the same thing. (2 replies)

... I am sure a new nail grew back in place of the lost nail. Though the process is a little slow, I vaguely remember it as a couple of weeks but eventually, your finger will be back to normal, right? ... (15 replies)

... Any time you damage the nail plate, you also damage the nail bed underneath. The result will be nail plate separation depending on the degree of trauma. It will all grow forward as the matrix developes new nail plate cells and pushes the damaged portion forward off the free edge. (2 replies)